How to solve problems the Steampunk way

I apologize for the last couple of post being late. My main computer died. Hard. I got the new blue screen of death with the frowny face. The computer tech had to wipe the computer and re-install windows. Decades of work has to be re-installed. I did not lose much...

Steampunk Inventors

I’ve read too many stories lately about steampunk inventors that have no life, social or otherwise, are independently wealthy, and live in a vacuum (or on an island in the middle of the ocean). An inventor does not have the time to mine, smelt, cast and then...

Year full of Mondays

On new year’s day there was a comic that said that it was the first of 52 Mondays. Something set off an alarm in the back of my mind. I went to the calendar and counted. Yes, there are 53 Mondays this year. The good news is that two of those Mondays are holidays, the...

Happy New Year Steampunk Writers

Happy New Year. It’s 60 degrees outside and there is rain in the forecast. Why would I be happy about rain? Well, it doesn’t get cold enough, well very often, to freeze the rain, and we haven’t have a good rain yet and the rainy season is half over....

Happy Year End Day

In a Gray Lensman story by E. E. “Doc” Smith the main characters attend a Year End Day celebration. I like the idea. The idea of celebrating the good things of the past year. We seem to focus on the bad things in life. We should also recognize and...